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A teenager from Sittingbourne has been ordered to pay £1500 in compensation to his victim after he attacked him and fractured his spine.

It comes after the 17-year-old assaulted a 19-year-old man in June 2013, leaving him with a fractured eye socket and injuries to his spine.

The victim had to go through months of treatment and had to wear a neck brace.

As well as the fine, the teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons, will have to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and was issued with a 120-day custodial sentence.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Phil Pead said, "The victim suffered very serious injuries; he was punched just once by this thoughtless attacker, but it could have been so much worse. At one stage, it was feared the victim might become paralysed due to his spine injury."

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It was a time of community spirit, of evenings by the wireless, and of making do in incredbly tough times. Now the war-time era of the 1940s has been recreated at a costume shop in the south east, and will soon open to the public as a living museum.

David Johns has been to look round, speaking to re-enactors Debbie White and Judy Knight.

He was a prolific paedophile who used the internet to groom young girls - and, he got away with it for more than a decade.

Tonight, the full extent of the crimes carried out by delivery driver Darren Jeffries were revealed - following two Crown Court trials.

There were eighty offences in all carried out over a period of 13 years.

Children in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Kent were targeted. Victims kept silent - and it wasn't until January 2013 - when a mother became suspicious of a man her daughter met in a chatroom - that police were called.

Even then, they were unaware just how many children and young people had been abused. Here's Mel Bloor.

He was a prolific paedophile who used the internet to groom young girls in Kent, Surrey, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire for more than a decade. Now the full extent of the crimes carried out by delivery driver Darren Jeffries from Sittingbourne have been revealed. Tom Savvides reports.

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Darren Jeffries was found guilty of a series of sexual offences Credit: Surrey Police

A delivery driver from Kent has been found guilty of more than 80 sexual offences that took place over 13 years. Darren Jeffries, who is 48 and from Sittingbourne, was found guilty of charges including the rape and abduction of victims between the ages of two and 17.

Where do you turn when you want a loan? A bank? A building society? A friend? How about your local church! Well this morning, Kent's first "community bank" to be held in a church opened its doors for savers and borrowers.

Last year the Archbishop of Canterbury promised to do more to help people affected by debt, and to provide alternatives to high-interest "pay day loans". But are financial services really what the church should be involved in?